siege
military blockade of a city or fortress
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Summary
siege is a military tactics[1]. siege draws 4,112 Wikipedia views per month (military tactics category, ranking #6 of 42).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: type of conflict[3]
- Subclass of: blockade[4], military operation[5], armed conflict[6]
- Part of: war[7]
- Commons category: Sieges[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Siege warfare[9], Category:Sieges[10]
- Depicted by: Capture of Castle[11]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[13], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[14], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[15], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[16], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[18], Pauly–Wissowa[19]
- Main Wikidata property: P607[20]
- Different from: blockade[21], lockout[22]
- History of topic: History of the siege[23]
- Studied by: Poliorcetica[24]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[25]
- Model item: Siege of Orléans[26]
Why It Matters
siege has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] siege is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]